COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. Collaboration is at the heart of our widening participation activity. We are leaders or active participants in national, regional and local initiatives in which consortia of institutions combine to maximise effectiveness and good use of resources. These include Realising Opportunities and our Schools and Colleges Network (national); the Excellence Hub and North Yorkshire Coast Higher Education Collaboration (regional); and Green Apples (local). Since 2015/16 York has been an active partner with the Xxxxxx Trust and other universities in the development of two new Pathway programmes raising aspirations and preparing students for access to Medicine and to STEM subjects. The first cohorts will complete in 2017 (Medicine) and 2018 (STEM) and the programmes will be evaluated by the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) at Durham University. We are an active partner in the local Higher York partnership which is now part of the National Networks for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO). Schools have been targeted through the use of HEFCE outreach ‘cold spot’ data and further work undertaken to identify specific groups within those chosen. Tailored programmes have been created for each of the schools covering campus visits; open days; taster days; opportunities to attend master classes; talks about various aspects of HE and student life including different routes into HE, finance and funding, applying, writing a personal statement, and welfare and pastoral support; attendance at schools’ options evenings to provide information and answer questions about HE. The partnership also includes activities to support particular groups of students, e.g. pupils with special needs and/or disabilities, looked after children, young carers; activities targeted at pupils interested in specific routes into HE (e.g. vocational programmes); and activities targeted at encouraging progression into non-traditional routes (e.g. women into science and engineering). We will work towards maximising improvements in targeting and delivery that have come out of the collaboration. Discussions are underway with our partners about the continuation of the NNCO work beyond the initial period of HEFCE funding as well as how we can best respond to the new National Collaborative Outreach Programme initiative. The Excellence Hub is a partnership between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York which targets high achieving students from currently under-represented groups from across the region to en...
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. SECCCA enhances members ability to undertake projects collaboratively that would otherwise be unviable for them individually
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. 6.1 The Respondent shall be responsible for developing and maintaining partnerships with County Probation Offices, CRDF, and local community- based organizations.
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. 4.1 Collaborate with DHS, and other HFH partners to coordinate clients’ care and ensure clients receive the services and support they need to achieve and maintain health, mental health, and housing stability.
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. Environmental Justice The department works to integrate awareness of health equity and environmental justice concerns into existing environmental programs at all levels. In 2012, the department created the Health Equity and Environmental Justice Collaborative with representation from each department division. The mission of the collaborative is to build an organizational culture that empowers and supports staff at every level in addressing the root causes of health inequity and environmental injustice. The collaborative aims to advance this mission through communication, shared data, training, and the application of health equity and environmental justice principles in everyday work. Furthermore, the collaborative seeks to develop and implement department-wide policies and guidance that support this work. The Sustainability Unit plays a unique role in this cross-cutting effort by actively participating in a number of collaborative work groups and by acting as the EPA liaison to the department on environmental justice. Self-Audit Law The Colorado Environmental Audit Privilege and Immunity Law enacted in 1994, provides that all state civil and administrative penalties and penalties for criminally negligent violations of Colorado environmental laws may be waived if such violations are voluntarily disclosed as the result of an audit conducted by or for the entity. The audit law is codified at section 13-25-126.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes (audit privilege); section 13- 90-107, C.R.S., (testimonial privilege); and section 25-1-114.5, C.R.S., (penalty immunity). The Sustainability Unit coordinates the department’s implementation of this law and notifies EPA in accordance with the terms set forth in the protocols for implementation section of the Colorado Audit Privilege and Immunity Law, Memorandum of Agreement and the department’s Self-Audit Policy. EPA and the department consider self- audit immunity submittals to the department to be equivalent to an inspection or compliance evaluation and the department shall appropriately document these submittals. Cross-Media and Emerging Environmental Initiatives The department is committed to efficiently targeting its resources to address environmental problems within the state. The Sustainability Unit helps to coordinate a forum for communication, resource sharing, and innovative problem solving among the various health and environmental disciplines at the department. The focus of this effort is to encourage envir...
